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CHAPTER IX. 



Countess Rumford in America. Correspondence. Letters from 

 her Father. Their Fate. Friendship and Letters of Sir 

 Charles Blagden. His Report of the Count's Matrimonial 

 Purposes. His Confidential Correspondence. Information 

 concerning Count Rumford. Breach of Intercourse. The 

 Count at Munich and Paris. His Tour with Madame Lavoi- 

 sier. Sarah's Account and Description of her Father. 

 His Letters from England and Bavaria. He writes to his 

 Daughter of his Intended Marriage, and sends for Legal Docu- 

 ments. His Marriage to Madame Lavoisier. Happy Pros- 

 pects. Letters from Colonel Baldwin. Letters from Sir 

 Charles Blagden. Unhappiness of the Count in his Marriage. 

 His Letters continued. Separates from his Wife. Sarah's 

 Explanation. The Count sends for his Daughter. His Let- 

 ters while awaiting her Arrival. His Visit to Munich and 

 Welcome Reception. Monsieur Guizot's Memoir of Madame 

 de Rumford. Tribute to her by the Comtesse de Bassanville. 510 



CHAPTER X. 



Count Rumford at Auteuil. Historical and Tragic Interest of 

 his Dwelling. His Daughter's Voyage to rejoin him. Her 

 Capture. Correspondence with Sir Charles Blagden. Her 

 Arrival at Auteuil. Her Letter to Mr. J. F. Baldwin. The 

 Count's Letters to him. The Count's Letters to his Mother. 



- The Daughter's Reception. Description of her Father's Home 

 and Circumstances. Visits from Madame Lavoisier de Rum- 

 ford. Projected Work on Order. The Count's Scientific 

 Labors as Foreign Associate of the French Institute. Papers 

 read before it. Three more Essays. Experiments of Broad 

 Wheels for Carriages. His Calorimeter and Photometer. 

 Life with his Daughter. Drives and Visits. His Intimate 

 Friends. Visit of Davy to Auteuil. The Count's last Days. 

 His Death. His Daughter's Strange Notions about that Event. 

 Announcement of his Death. His Funeral. Baron Deles- 

 sert's Address at his Grave. A Woman's Tribute. Cuvier's 



